Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of...

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of...

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason,...

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason,...

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance...

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance...

Never despair, but if you do, work in despair

Never despair, but if you do, work in despair

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the...

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the...

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of...

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of...

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The...

Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The...

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent,...

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent,...

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that for any practical...

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that for any practical...

Education is the cheap defense of nations

Education is the cheap defense of nations

He who studies MA in English Literature but fears the name Shakespeare is one who...

He who studies MA in English Literature but fears the name Shakespeare is one who...

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.